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Patent GB-190120142-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for the Manufacture of Sulphuric Acid
Inventor: WINSLOE RICHARD HERBERT
Filed: 1901-10-09
Granted: 1902-08-14
Abstract: 20,142. Winsloe, R. H., and Hart, B. Oct. 9. Sulphuric acid.-Relates to cooling and mixing the gases as they pass between the different chambers, between a chamber and a tower, or between the tower and the exit. For example, the gases leaving the chamber a are led through a tube h situated near the top, and then pass down a trunk c, from which they pass out near the bottom to an upwardly-inclined tube g, and thence enter the top of a second trunk d. From the latter they pass through a tube near the bottom to the second chamber b. The trunks c, d and the inclined tube g contain a large number of vertical tubes e, f, which are open top and bottom, and through which, by natural draught, cooling-air passes.
Patent GB-190122592-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Construction of Oil Tank for Transit Purposes.
Inventor: HARDING EDWARD
Filed: 1901-11-09
Granted: 1902-09-25
Abstract: 22,592. Harding, E. Nov. 9. Carts and wagons.-The dished ends B of a tank for the transport of oil &c. are strengthened by cross-bars C, and are connected to the shell by U-shaped hooks K. The tank is divided into compartments by partitions D, strengthened by cross-bars E and provided with perforations F, F<x> to allow communication between the compartments. To prevent splashing, the inlet is formed as a tube G, which is provided with air-escape holes H and is closed by a screw plug. The perforations F, F<x> in the partitions permit the passage of air and liquid, and the partitions act as baffleplates to prevent the too violent motion of the liquid when the tank is subjected to shocks. A stand or foot L is provided for mounting the tank on the undercarriage of a vehicle. The plain exterior of the tank may be printed upon. In a modification, the tank consists of separate drums connected by pipes.
Patent GB-190203697-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Indicating the Speed of Vehicles.
Inventor: MCWHIRTER WILLIAM
Filed: 1902-02-13
Granted: 1903-02-13
Abstract: 3697. McWhirter, W., and Jamieson, A. Feb. 13. Speed indicators.-A speed indicator for vehicles, which either are propelled by, or carry a source of, electrical energy, comprises a centrifugal governor 2, which is actuated by any rotating part 1 of the vehicle, so that the movements of the sleeve 3<a> are communicated to the pivoted lever 3. The free end of this lever slides over the contacts of a rheostat 4, and puts resistance coils into, or cuts them out of, the circuit of the speed indicator 5. The electrical pressure of the speedindicating circuit is maintained practically constant by the introduction into the circuit of a compensating rheostat 6, which is controlled by a contact lever 7, carried on a lever 8, and actuated by the movements of the cores 10, 10<a> of the electromagnets 11, 11<a>, when the cores are attracted by the electromagnets against the pull of an adjusting spring 11<b>. The Provisional Specification states that a bell may be rung at any desired speed or speeds.
Patent GB-190207104-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Gas, Oil & like Engines.
Inventor: ROWBOTHAM WALTER
Filed: 1902-03-24
Granted: 1903-05-23
Abstract: 7104. Rowbotham, W., and Rowbotham, K. A. March 24. Gas and explosive-vapour engines.-Engines, such as those used on motor cars working by explosion or continuous combustion, drive the compression pump n and the power-transmitting shaft r' through epicyclic gearing o, so that, when the load becomes excessive, the shaft r' is brought to rest and the whole work of the engine is absorbed in compressing air, which is used in the cylinder to overcome the load. The cylinder and piston are protected by refractory material. The air enters the cylinder through valves g<2>, and, when oil is burnt, it is supplied by a pump f<3> through a passage f against a vaporizing cone h, which is heated at starting by a flame from a burner i<4>. The engine may work on a four-stroke cycle by allowing air alone to enter the cylinder by a valve, Fig. 3, during one out-stroke which air is partly expelled through another valve during the first half of the next in-stroke and the remainder compressed to help to form a new explosive charge, or to support the combustion of a jet of fuel entering through the passage f.
Patent GB-190210087-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Process for the Manufacture of Glass Tablets and Imitation Glass Paintings by the use of Transfers and the like.
Inventor: DUNTZE JOHANN CHRISTIAN
Filed: 1902-05-01
Granted: 1903-04-16
Abstract: 10,087. Duntze, J. C. May 1. Drawings to Specification. Printing on transfers.-Relates to the production, by transfer, of designs upon glass, for the manufacture of glass tablets or to imitate glass paintings. The transfers are printed in the required colours by means of a book-printing or rapid printing-press. Before these colours are printed the paper is provided with an adhesive surface soluble in water, and upon this a colourless insoluble layer. These printed transfers are stored until required for transferring to the glass, and are then finished by printing them with a colourless, adhesive, insoluble print. Before this is done, alterations or additions may be made to the printed design. The print is then transferred to the glass, and the paper removed in the usual manner.
Patent GB-190210164-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Horse-Hoes, Cultivators and like Implements
Inventor: MILES FRANCIS ADRIAN
Filed: 1902-05-02
Granted: 1903-03-26
Abstract: 10,164. Miles, F. A. May 2. Cultivators; hoes, horse; tines, securing.-Relates principally to the means for securing the tines of cultivators, horse hoes, and like implements. The tines d are passed through slots in the tubes b, b and are secured by pins or wedges passed through the stem of the tine above and below the tube. The tubes are mounted in bearings in beams a to which the handles are attached, and which are pivoted to a wheeled fore-carriage of ordinary construction. They are secured in their bearings by pins f passing through the beam a and through one of a series of holes in the tubes of different inclination, so that the tubes may be rotated to adjust the position of the tines. A number of slots are provided in the tubes so that the distance between the tines may be adjusted. In some cases only one tube is employed, and the tube may be of oval or other shape, with one or more series of slots.
Patent GB-190216638-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Construction of Free Reeds for Harmoniums and similar Musical Instruments.
Inventor: GALE JAMES RANDOLF COURTENAY
Filed: 1902-07-26
Granted: 1903-07-16
Abstract: 16,638. Gale, J. R. C. July 26. Organs, harmoniums, and like instruments, reeds for. A tuning and voicing strip 5, of ribbon, wire, or the like, composed of flexible material, copper, or an alloy, is attached at a convenient point to the vibrating tongue or free reed 2. The strip or wire, weighted at the head or not, is attached by soldering, riveting, brazing, or expanding. By varying the point of attachment of the strip 5 the tone is modified, and by bending the strip backwards or forwards the reed is tuned.
Patent GB-190222451-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Folding Table for Luncheon Baskets and the like.
Inventor: SCOTT GILDEROY
Filed: 1902-10-15
Granted: 1903-01-08
Abstract: 22,451. Scott, G., Scott, E., and Wright, R. S. Oct. 15. Luncheon baskets.-Relates to a table which can fold into a luncheon basket. The table top is in two parts hinged together at c. The four legs are hinged at a<3>, b<3> to supports a<4>, b<4> secured to the basket, and have tenons a<5>, b<5> which fit into holes in the top. The legs are held extended by pivoted bails a<7>, b<7>, which engage notches a<9>, b<9> and pins a<10>, b<10>, being retained by pivoted plates a<11>, b<11>. The legs are braced together by stays a', b<2>, and the legs b<1> are connected to the part b of the top by links b<6>. In folding up the table, the part a is detached from its legs and folde on the part b, which is then turned parallel to the legs b<1>. The legs a<1> are folded in the basket first, and then the legs b<1> and top.
Patent GB-190224195-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Gas Engines.
Inventor: CASEY ANDREW
Filed: 1902-11-05
Granted: 1903-07-09
Abstract: 24,195. Gasey, A., and Casey, P. A. Nov. 5. Gas or explosivevapour engines.-The crank rotates in an airtight chamber b, above the petrol reservoir r, which is filled through a stop-cock u, and can be emptied by the tap 4. Air is supplied by the pipe m, through a regulator i. The mixed air and vapour are drawn into the chamber b, during the upward movement of the piston, through a passage provided with a non-return valve 3, and a stop - cock 2. The gases are exhausted through openings l, when the piston is below them, and then the mixture, compressed in the chamber by the downward movement of the piston, passes into the cylinder through a valve in the piston. A plug p completes the primary circuit of the igniting-device when the piston is at the top of the stroke, and a sparking-plug q ignites the charge. An igniting-tube may be used instead of the electric device. A water jacket h surrounds the cylinder, and is secured by the bolts of the cylinder cover.
Patent GB-190225207-A (GB)
Title: Improved Platen Printing Press.
Inventor: JOISTEN ALBERT
Filed: 1902-11-17
Granted: 1903-11-17
Abstract: 25,207. Joisten, A. Nov. 17. Platen presses; inking-apparatus; feeding sheets.- The platen a and bed b are vertical during the operation of printing, the platen being stationary and the bed reciprocated by rods connecting its axle to cranks on the end of the shaft i. The shaft i is driven by gearing 16, m, n from the driving-shaft l. The platen may be turned up on the shaft i into horizontal position for making ready &c. The bed b is guided by its axle running in slots 17 in the framing rollers q, and arms r carrying smaller rollers s, t. The slots 17 are surrounded by a recess v having horizontal prolongations u, 18 in which the rollers q, s, t run during printing. The bed may be turned up, for fixing the forme &c., by swinging the rollers s, t into the curved extensions w, c of the recess v. The inking-rollers 24 are in carriages y pivoted to arms z loose on the bed axle. The arms z are revolved, to cause the rollers 24 to run round the bed, by chains 2 driven from the shaft 19. The chains 2 are kept in tension, as the bed and its axle reciprocate, by rollers 4 on arms pivoted at 28 and operated by a weighted arm to press against the chain. The sheets are fed on to and away from the platen a by four sets of grippers 5 of some well-known construction. These grippers have guide-pieces 7 moving in slots 8 of approximately square form. The grippers are connected by short links to the outer ends of the arms of star-shaped pieces 6 on the shaft i. The sheets from a table 15 are fed to the grippers 5 by reciprocating grippers 12 guided by slots 26 and operated by levers 11 &c., as shown. The sheets are removed from the grippers 5 by reciprocating delivery grippers 14 guided by slots 27 and operated by levers 13 from the levers 11. Stationary cam-pieces 21 are provided for opening the grippers 12, 14, and similar ones for opening the grippers 5.
Patent GB-190227208-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Purifiers of Sieves for Flour, Meal, or like Pulverulent or Granular Substances.
Inventor: ROBINSON CHARLES JOHN
Filed: 1902-12-10
Granted: 1903-10-15
Abstract: 27,208. Robinson, C. J. Dec. 10. Middlings purifiers.-In purifiers. or sieves for flour, meal, and the like, such as are provided with cowls for deflecting the dust upon depositing surfaces, cleaning is facilitated by suspending the cowl at one end, or hinging it along one side. In Fig. 1, the hood c is shown suspended from the sieve casing a by a chain or strap d. When in use, it is supported by thumb-screws i, Figs. 1 and 2. It is detached by hooking the loop e on the stud f, when it takes up a position shown by the dotted lines, Fig. 1. The air-dividing plates k are hinged at l to the sieve framework.
Patent GB-190228522-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Undeflatable Air Chamber particularly adapted for the Manufacture of Pneumatic Tyres, and Apparatus for use in Constructing the said Air Chamber.
Inventor: HADDAN HERBERT JOHN
Filed: 1902-12-24
Granted: 1903-11-12
Abstract: 28,522. Haddan, H. J., [Lacroix, J.]. Dec. 24. Tyres, pneumatic.- An air chamber, particularly adapted for pneumatic tyres, is formed with strips b, c of inextensible cloth, which compress the india-rubber a so that, when the air chamber is punctured, the compressed india-rubber expands to close the puncture. The air chamber is constructed on two parallel wooden or like bars e, f, which are guided relatively by pins g when forced apart by means of screw v. An india-rubber tube i is placed round the bars, which are then forced apart to stretch it. The india-rubber strip, which will finally form the air chamber, is solutioned on, the bars are contracted, and, after a strip of cloth has been solutioned on, the contracted india-rubber strip is removed from the tube i. Another strip of cloth is solutioned to the other surface of the india-rubber strip, either in the same manner or by being placed on a circular mandrel. A tread hand kmay be provided.
Patent GB-190301416-A (GB)
Title: An Improvement in Miners' Electric Lamps.
Inventor: PRESTED HENRY GEORGE
Filed: 1903-01-20
Granted: 1903-11-26
Abstract: 1416. Prested, H. G. Jan. 20. Miners' or safety lamps. - A portable incandescent lamp with battery is provided with an arrangement for detecting an explosive atmosphere. An expansible body is warmed by the oxidation caused by a catalytic agent in such an atmosphere, and makes or breaks a contact, shunting or breaking the lamp circuit. The expansible body may be of several different forms (with various electrical connections), such as an airtight vessel having a flexible metal diaphragm, a simple rod, or a compound strip, and is coated with platinum black and makes contact on expansion with an adjustable screw. A mercury thermometer with fused-in contacts may also be used with a coating of platinum black either on the bulb or on a metal plate with screw for adjusting. In Fig. 4, a section showing the electrical connections, c, d represent the terminals of the battery, and k, l those of the lamp. The expanding rod r making contact with screw s and shunting the lamp is placed in a separate chamber with a gauze window a<2>. The spindle e of the switch f has notches e<1>, e<2>, which break contact with either of the springs f <1>, f<2>, so that, when contact is broken with f<2>, the detector is put out of action, the lamp burning, and when broken with f<1> the lamp is out altogether. In the arrangements shown in Fig. 2, the compound strip q on expanding breaks contact with the adjustable spring p and either breaks, or inserts resistance e<6> in, the lamp circuit. The connections in this case are different ; when both springs f<1>, f <2> touch the spindle, the detector is out of action, and it is put into action by breaking contact with f <2>. Fig. 7 is a diagram of an alternative connection, in which the expansion makes a contact n and energizes an electromagnet n<1>, which breaks a contact m<3>, which breaks, or inserts a resistance o in, the lamp circuit.
Patent GB-190305772-A (GB)
Title: Manufacture and Production of New Pharmaceutical Compounds.
Inventor: NEWTON HENRY EDWARD
Filed: 1903-03-12
Granted: 1904-01-14
Abstract: 5772. Newton, H. E., [Farbenfabriken vorm. F. Bayer & Co.] March 12. Medicinal preparations. - New alkyl-oxyalkylidene esters of salicylic acid, possessing great therapeutic properties, and of the general formulaare formed by treating salts of salicylic acid with a-halogendialkylethers having the general formula X-CH-OR, | (X representing a halogen atom, and R1. R and R1 either the same or different alkyl radicles). The new bodies are oily liquids having a faint aromatic smell.
Patent GB-190306428-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Dental Appliances.
Inventor: SHARP WARREN MILTON
Filed: 1903-03-19
Granted: 1904-03-17
Abstract: 6428. Sharp, W. M. March 19. Drawing punching. - Relates to a press for drawing caps or thimbles for use in making seamless crowns in dentistry. The plate d, Figs. 1 and 2, carrying the drawing-punches g and the cutting- punches h, is moved up and down the columns c connecting the base-plate a and top plate b, by means of screws i carrying wheels gearing with a wheel k on a shaft l which is turned by a handle m. The die-plate e is supported by the columns c and a support f. The gold blank or disc is out to the required size by one of the cutting-punches h, and then placed on the die-plate under the largest drawing-punch g, in a countersink of corresponding size, a clamp preventing the disc from frilling or buckling over during the drawing process. The different-sized punches are numbered for convenience, and a removable plate having differentsized holes may be fitted on top of the die-plate, or the die-plate itself may be removable.
Patent GB-190307254-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Bedstead Rail Knobs and the like.
Inventor: BELLAMY WILLIAM
Filed: 1903-03-28
Granted: 1904-03-03
Abstract: 7254. Bellamy, W. March 28. Stamping.-Hollow knobs for bedstead rails, tea-caddy feet, cruets, &c. are pressed and rolled out of metal sheets so that the base of the knob is thickened to enable it to be tapped. A cup having a hemispherical bottom is pressed out of a circular sheet of metal, and the rim a<3>, Fig. 7, is turned outwardly by a press c having a punch-like part c<1> with an annular depression c<2> at the top. The mouth of the cup is then contracted by means of a press F, Fig. 8, having a conical depression f<1> and the cup approaches a spherical form. Finally the cup is rounded by press tools or by rolling, so that the metal is thickened round the hole in which the thread a<4>, Fig. 1, is cut.
Patent GB-190312475-A (GB)
Title: Improved Shoemaker's Awl.
Inventor: KRAUSE ERNST
Filed: 1903-06-02
Granted: 1904-04-07
Abstract: 12,475. Krause, E. June 2. Awls for sewing.-A shoemaker's awl is constructed, as shown, in Fig. 1, to pierce holes of a uniform and regulated depth, and to withdraw itself automatically when released. The awl c is carried by a stem b, which is screwed adjustably in a nut g fixed to the handle a, and is protected by a cap d. Over this passes a cap e, the lower expanded part enclosing a spring h which forces the cap e against the turned lip e<1> of the enveloping-socket f screwed on the nut g. The awl c is regulated by screwing the stem b in the nut g. In use, the awl is pushed in the material until the cap e abuts against the stem b; the compressed spring h withdraws the awl on its release. Several awls may be carried in one stem b.
Patent GB-190319250-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Telephone-receiver Holders.
Inventor: BRIGGS ARTHUR JOSEPH
Filed: 1903-09-07
Granted: 1903-11-19
Abstract: 19,250. Briggs, A. J. Sept. 6, A.D. 1902, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Telephones.-The telephone receiver 21 is held in a clamp 20 at the end of a jointed arm comprising plates 14, 13, 16 pivoted vertically at 15 and horizontally at 17. The receiver hook 2 is normally held down by an arm 6 pivoted at 7 to the arm 5 of a bracket 3 clamped at 4 to the stem 1. The hook is allowed to rise when the button 12, Figs. 1 and 3, is pulled out so as to release the arm 6. The jointed arm 14 &c. may be pivoted to a plate attached to the wall.
Patent GB-190322095-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Distributing Apparatus especially applicable for use in Filling Vats or the like.
Inventor: THOMPSON WILLIAM PHILLIPS
Filed: 1903-10-13
Granted: 1904-07-14
Abstract: 22,095. Thompson, W. P., [Blaisdell, H. W.]. Oct. 13. Loading and unloading; shoots.-Apparabus such as that shown in the Figures is used for distributing, feeding, or filling small solid matters, such as sand, gravel, and the like, into bins or other receptacles, and also for feeding materials into vats for treatment by various processes. The material is fed by a conveyer, or other device u, into a hopper e, preferably telescopic, within which rotates a shaft g having at the end blades or vanes shaped as shown in Figs. 2 and 3, with a comparatively large width towards the upper end and tapering towards the base, by which the material will be distributed evenly to all parts of the receptacle. In the arrangement shown, the shaft g is mounted on a bridge c provided with wheels d moving on rails b, and is rotated by bevel gearing i, k. The shaft is adapted to slide within the bevel-wheel i, and is raised and lowered by the gearing r, s through a hollow screw shaft q and a threaded sleeve m engaging with collars n on the shaft The hopper is distended and contracted by a cross-piece w on the sleeve m, which, through depending arms x, engages with the lower section of the hopper. A suspended ring or hoop y prevents the material from being thrown over the edge of the receptacle. The raising and lowering gear, and other parts of the apparatus, may be dispensed with.
Patent GB-190323549-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Reducing Valves.
Inventor: DEWRANCE JOHN
Filed: 1903-10-30
Granted: 1904-09-15
Abstract: 23,549. Dewrance, J., and Wall, G. H. Oct. 30. Reducing-valves; shocks, preventing. -Fig. 1 shows in section a reducing- valve. The steam or other fluid is admitted between the pistons a of an equilibrium valve A through the openings a<3>. When the valve is open, the fluid escapes into the upper and lower chambers which are in communication with one another and with the space a b o v e a flexible diaphragm C. When the pressure reaches a certain value, the diaphragm C is forced down by means of the lever B &c., thus closing the main valve A. The piece d forms part of a yoke, and is pressed against the end of the spindle c by means of springs or weighted levers. By altering the pressure exerted by the springs &c. the final pressure of the fluid may be varied. The pistons a may be of the same or different diameters. The support D for the diaphragm C may be of annular form. The Provisional Specification also states that the main valve A may be single, in which case the diaphragm C is exposed to the full initial pressure. Sudden movements of the diaphragm C are prevented by the narrowness of the passages b<2> &c.
Patent GB-190325010-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Dry Soap Powders.
Inventor: HARVEY CHARLES
Filed: 1903-11-17
Granted: 1904-09-01
Abstract: 25,010. Harvey, C. Nov. 17. Cleansing - compositions ; soaps. - A dry soap powder is composed of desiccated hard soap and crystallized sodium carbonate, together with small quantities of anhydrous boric acid, boron nitride, and ammonium chloride, the addition of these latter enhancing its cleansing, softening, and antiseptic properties. The materials are ground separately and then mixed. The plant for this purpose comprises four disintegrators Sd<1>, Sd<2>, Md, Spd, each supported on stand-boxes formed with hoppers, which discharge into the bucket elevators E<1>, E<2>, E<4>, E<3>. The elevators E<1>, E<2>, E<3> discharge into the worm conveyers Pw<1>, Pw<1> or Pw<2>, Pw<3> respectively. The hoppers Fh<1>, Fh<2>, respectivelycharged in this way with soda and soap powders, feed the same in proportions regulated by the automatic finger feeds M<1>, M<2> to the mixer Md. The disintegrators Sd<1>, Sd<2>, Spd are fitted with worm feeds w<1>, w<2>, w<3>. A balloon is connected by a trunk to the elevators to allow of the expansion of the air and the collection of any fine dust.